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Kick Off: RSL owner continues push for video review

July 8, 20118:54AM EDT

As Real Salt Lake get set to play another home game at Rio Tinto Stadium in one of the big matches of the weekend vs. FC Dallas (Saturday at 9 p.m. ET, MatchDay Live), one of the club’s owner is not just forgetting about the controversial July 4 tie vs. New England, which featured a disputed ejection of RSL defender Nat Borchers.

They may be soccer clubs from two different cities and located in two different states, but that doesn’t prevent new Seattle star Mauro Rosales from calling Sunday afternoon’s Portland vs. Seattle match a “derby” (4 p.m. ET, ESPN and ESPN Deportes).

In preparation for Sunday’s match, the Portland Timbers faced Mexican giants Club América on Thursday night but fell to a 1-0 defeat. Here are the highlights of the match, in which Mexican soccer fans took over JELD-WEN Field. These are some of the best photos from the exhibition. (VIDEO and PHOTOS)

As the New York Red Bulls get set to host D.C. United on Saturday night (7:30 p.m. ET, MatchDay Live), the storylines surround the recent trade involving Dwayne De Rosario and Dax McCarty. The way McCarty speaks about it, there’s a distinct feeling that he felt he was miscast in DC: “Two games in New York, I already feel like I’ve played more like myself in the past two games than I did all season with DC.”

One of the stories that Houston Dynamo fans will be looking at as their team hosts Toronto FC on Saturday (8:30 p.m. ET, MatchDay Live), is whether rookie Kofi Sarkodie will start an unprecedented third consecutive game at right back for the club. Here’s the story of how he’s been able to keep afloat during a difficult rookie season.

Another national TV game on Saturday is Sporting Kansas City vs. Chivas USA from Livestrong Sporting Park (7:30 p.m. ET, Galavisión). SKC received some good news on Thursday that their stadium will also host a potential US Open Cup semifinal should they get by the Richmond Kickers in the quarterfinals. Here are the other possible semifinal hosts.

The Philadelphia Union travel to San Jose to face the Earthquakes on Saturday night (10:30 p.m. ET, MatchDay Live) on the heels of receiving a midseason grade “A” by a local Philly beat writer. While the accolades are nice, there is one thing that gets under the skin of manager Peter Nowak: “I am angry with the whole assessment of when Carlos [Ruiz] isn't scoring that he isn't working. … If you don't see what he brings to the table, then it's not fair.”

One Philadelphia journalist speculates whether the trade of Union left back Jordan Harvey to Vancouver could signify a major arrival in the coming days. Specifically, he tosses out the name Jonathan Spector.

The Columbus Crew don’t play this weekend but that doesn’t mean that people are still not talking about forward Jeff Cunningham matching Jaime Moreno’s all-time MLS scoring record with 133 goals. One columnist in Columbus calls it “Ruthian.” Meanwhile, Cunningham’s off to enjoy some time with his mother, a housekeeper in a Tampa, Fla., nursing home.

If you’re a young player, it doesn’t get any better than this: a game-winning bicycle-kick goal in the 90th minute of a World Cup semifinal. That’s the dream that one Mexican player is living today after achieving the feat against Germany on home soil. But was that better than his teammate’s goal off a direct corner kick? The Mexicans play Uruguay in the final at the Azteca. (VIDEO)

Tonight there is some Copa América and USL soccer action to keep you entertained. Uruguay face Chile (6 p.m. ET, TeleFutura) and Mexico battle Peru (8 p.m. ET, Univisión) in the second matchday in Group C. Also, Sporting Kansas City fans can get a good look at the Richmond Kickers (8 p.m. ET, Fox Soccer), who will be Tuesday’s opponent in the US Open Cup quarterfinals at Livestrong Sporting Park.